2023 Bear Success thread

[Rogue Bay]

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That’s a great picture. I love the excitement on her face. Congrats to both of you!

 

[mountainman406]

On the board with my first bear. This nice sow stepped out on an elk hunt and it immediately turned into a bear hunt. 1500ft and 1.5 miles later, I was within 80yds before putting the 30-06 to work. Awesome animal, great hide, and even better meat.

 

[Hunt eat repeat]

Not a big one but killed it about 500 yards from my house. Lol. Good fat on him. Going to try rendering it down.

 

[DRNalaska]

My parents visited this fall and offered to watch our kids while the wife and I went on a hunt. We hiked up into the alpine and both got bears in 2 days. Hers was at 410 yrds with a 6.5 prc. Mine was at 220 yards with a 338 win mag.

Moose season didn’t go as planned this year, no legal bulls the whole week we were out. But the evening before we pulled out of camp I managed to put a stalk on another nice black bear so it didn’t turn out bad. 340 yards with a 338 win mag.

 

[Blind Squirrel]

My parents visited this fall and offered to watch our kids while the wife and I went on a hunt. We hiked up into the alpine and both got bears in 2 days. Hers was at 410 yrds with a 6.5 prc. Mine was at 220 yards with a 338 win mag.
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Moose season didn’t go as planned this year, no legal bulls the whole week we were out. But the evening before we pulled out of camp I managed to put a stalk on another nice black bear so it didn’t turn out bad. 340 yards with a 338 win mag.
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Nice shooting. I have to get real close

 

[waggles]

Congrats! I’m on the board with an Idaho spring bear, and am looking for a fat berry eating Washington bear to add another.

Nice! I'm hoping to get on the board in Idaho after my dad and I got our first Colorado elk. Best of luck.

 

[Jsanford0521]

On the board opening day in Oregon.

Congrats! Thats awesome

 

[PantherMike]

We were lucky enough to find this old gal after several trips into the back country. Ended up being a 199 yard uphill shot with the 300WM pushing a Cutting Edge 180 Laser bullet. She spun 180 and dropped in place.
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That looks delicious. Great job on your Bear!!

 

[wyosteve]

Thought I had posted these, but guess not! Alaska brownies. June 2023.

 

[kwackkillncrew]

First bear for me. Was to busy eating berries to notice us sneak up to 40 yards for the shot.

 

[AKjon]

Dang, i was hoping this was one about the bear being successful.

Here is my successful bear. Got to 47 yards of this guy, he turned and spotted me just as I hit full draw and all I saw was big brown butt bouncing away from me lol. oh well, maybe next year I will be more successful than the bear

 

[ARbeargirl]

2023 Arkansas bear
My 4th or 5th one over bait in Arkansas and will be headed to Oregon this fall for my first out of state bear hunt!

 

[Rogue Bay]

2023 Arkansas bear
My 4th or 5th one over bait in Arkansas and will be headed to Oregon this fall for my first out of state bear hunt!

Are you going guided or DIY in Oregon?

 

[ARbeargirl]

Are you going guided or DIY in Oregon?

We have a family friend who lives there and is taking me so I you could call it guided/semi guided.

 

[Rogue Bay]

We have a family friend who lives there and is taking me so I you could call it guided/semi guided.

There’s definitely no shortage of bears out here so you should have a good hunt. Best of luck to you!

 

[ARbeargirl]

There’s definitely no shortage of bears out here so you should have a good hunt. Best of luck to you!

Thank you! I’m super excited and hopefully can keep marking off more states after that!

 

[StuckoYota99]

Picked up my bear today from Whidbey island taxidermy. it's going on the wall in my office.

 

[Neil]

 

[DWinVA]

VA late season bear. God Bless.

 

[Blind Squirrel]

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Oh snap. Where’d you get that monster? Looks like the ones my buddy sends me pics of from the Carolinas.